Improvement in seed-drill



atentllfive @4 ARNOLD RUTENFRAN'Z, or HAMMoNDsToWN, ILLINOIS. Letters Patent No. 85,966, dated Janna/ry 19, 1869; antedated December 31, 1868.

IMPROVELINT IN SEED-DRILL.

The Schedule referred to in these Lettera Patent and making part of the sama. w

To all 'whom it 'ma/y concern:

Be it known that I, ARNOLD' RUTENFRANZ, of Hammondstown, in the county of St. Clair, and Stateof Illinois, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Seed-Drills; and 'I do hereby declare that the following is a full and clear description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

and, secondly, to the arrangement for raising up the drillteeth.

To enable those skilled in the art to make and use my improved drill, I will proceed to describe its construction and operation. p

Figure-1 of the drawings is a sectional elevation of the improved drill.

Figure 2 is a general plan of the same.

There is also a detail drawing of the seed-droppen The drill-frame A is mounted on the wheels B, which are connected by the revolving shaft'B.

On top of the frame A is the seed-box G, in the bottom of which, at regular intervals, are placed the seeddroppers, which are' balls, 0, with grooves, c, cut in their peripheries, and fitted in sockets in the bed-piece G2 of the hopper or seed-box.

The arrangement of these ball-droppers is clearly shown in the detail drawing, in which are also represented the short levers c, by which the said balls are turned over, so as to expose their upper ends to the seed-box, from which they receive the seed sufficient for once dropping, and then they are turned over in through the tubes d into the hollow teeth D.

The upper ends of the levers cl are attached to the rod c2, which extends the entire length of the hopper, and is operated in a reciprocating motion (longitudinally) by means of the lever ci and corrugated cam b on the axle B.

The drill-teeth D are attached to the draught-rods dl by small iron swivel-pins d2 and Wooden pins di', the latter being allowed to break, when the point of the tooth encounters an obstacle, and the swivel-pin allowing the tooth to turn up backward until the obstacle shall have been passed over.

Cords or chains, (1*, connect the teeth D with the roller D', which is secured to the back of the seed-box, and the' lever d projecting from the said roller' (within easy reach of the driver upon the box C) may be seized by the driver and hooked under the hook d, thereby turning the roller over, so as to raise the drill-teeth up out of the ground, and'retain them in that position when not required in planting.

Having thus described my invention,

The seed-dropper O1, operating rod c2, lever c3, and corrugated cam b, when combined and arranged as herein described and set brth.

In testimony of which invention, vI hereunto set my hand, in presence of- Witnesses: ARNOLD RUTENFRAN Z.

' M. RANDOLPH,

Gno. P. Hermien, Jr. 

